We are very pleased to announce that this January 2012, 19 new first year Japanese associates joined our firm. These new associates are:

Nobuhiro Ito
Takahiro Hasegawa
Suguru Shigematsu
Kohei Karasawa
Shunsuke Domon
Yutaro Nishizawa
Miyu Nishimukai
Satoshi Kurita
Satomi Umezu
Haruko Tsujimoto
Ryoichi Kaneko
Keisuke Hatano
Hiroko Kuwata
Ryohei Ikeda
Ryo Asakura
Sosuke Yata
Kazuhiro Fukuda
Risa Beppu
Ryosuke Otoguro

We welcome these new associate attorneys to our firm. With these new members, we have increased our capacity to handle large and complex legal projects while maintaining the highest standards of quality.